HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

Today is Mother's Day in Kuwait!  Yes, it's my first official "Mother's Day" and I'm naturally beaming with glee and full of emotion.  Shall I prove it?

Okay.

So I'm shopping around this morning and Phil tells me to pick up a Mother's Day gift for myself.  Well, all I truly want is family time this evening, but since he INSISTED, I decided to find something special for Nory instead.

I went into my new favourite store (GYMBOREE!) and was thrilled to see their spring collection.  There were tulip-print onesies and Easter dresses and honest-to-goodness bonnets in pale purples and pinks - all suitable options for our sweet girl.  But then I spotted the IDEAL gift!  A ducky hoodie - the perfect replacement for Nory's getting-too-tight, yet highly preferred "ducky" sleeper.  Oh I knew she was going to LOVE it.  The sales staff found me the proper size and I smiled my way to the check-out to pay for the BEST PRESENT EVER.

Then things got weepy.

After paying for Nory's hoodie, the sweet lady at the cash register handed me a beautiful white rose and said "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!" with the most heartfelt grin.

And then I cried.  In front of her.  And the two other Filipino ladies in the store. 

Oh MOM-HOOD.  It's the best.